Benjamin Daszkiewicz

Military

Shot down 30 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39826 'Stubborn Jean', Prisoner of War (POW).

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-39826

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Stubborn Jean
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Places

Dulag Luft 12

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 30 December 1943 Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12

Born

Cohoes, New York, USA

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added POW Camp info to the POW event and a S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Dulag Luft 12 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 1678;
- http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=745

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 1678 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database